Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest, finished in 715 and named for the Ummayad Caliphate during which it was built. Also considered the fourth holiest site in the Islamic world (after t
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Though war, sanctions, and most recently the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic have dealt a blow to what was once a mainstay of the Syrian economy, as this article from the Catholic missionary society PIME shows; read it here.
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Interesting piece not long ago in The Guardian on how some tour operators are promoting normalization of tourism in war-torn Syria and why some locals affected by the war are against it. How do you feel about this issue? Read it here.
I just came across this female European vlogger's fascinating account of a visit to Damascus. It certainly looks like a very appealing city, and underscores how little the terrible war has touched the capital. The Syrian régime is now trying to pro
Certainly one of the very few countries in the world to claim the status of "where it all began". No study of history of the world, of religions, culture and living cities can be completed without Syria. Damascus lays claim, and probably rightly so,
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